Rita Ora took to Instagram on Monday after wrapping the Los Angeles leg of Kylie Minogue’s Tension Tour. 

The singer, 34, currently touring with Kylie, 56, as a special guest on its North American leg, looked incredible in a silver satin lace-up corset and a sheer floor-length skirt as she posed up a storm backstage ahead of the show. 

She further accessorised her look with a chunky silver statement necklace, matching arm cuffs, and drop earrings as she struck a sultry pose for the camera. 

The singer styled her brunette tresses in a flicky blowout and wore a glamorous makeup palette, including a smokey eyeshadow. 

She also shared several stunning snaps of herself on stage, where she could be seen belting out some of her best hits alongside an array of backup dancers. 

Later in the day, Rita slipped into a racy white floral lace catsuit which featured a corseted bodice and several cut-outs at the leg. 

Rita Ora took to her Instagram on Monday to celebrate wrapping up the Los Angeles leg of Kylie Minogue’s Tension Tour

The singer, 34, who has been touring with Kylie, 56, as a special guest on the North American leg of her tour, shared several snaps from the tour, including this stunning one of herself wearing a racy white floral lace catsuit

Posing up a storm in a lavish bathroom, Rita further accessorised her look with a statement silver choker necklace and wore a bold swipe of red lipstick. 

Sharing a snap of herself with a cake featuring the words ‘That’s a wrap!’, Rita gushed after her final gig: ‘LA wowwww what a way to end this incredible tour.’

She also thanked her pal Kylie for allowing her to join the tour as a special guest before wishing her luck for the rest of the journey. 

The star added:  ‘Thank you for having me @kylieminogue and good luck with the rest of your tour! ❤️’

Rita was supporting Kylie for the first leg of her tour after she previously revealed that Kylie’s 2023 mega-hit from ‘Tension’, ‘Padam Padam’, was nearly given to her.

The synth-pop banger – penned by Norwegian singer-songwriter Ina Wroldsen and producer Lostboy – was a viral hit for Kylie. 

But several artists were asked if they wanted to record it, including the Anywhere singer, because they didn’t feel it was a Kylie song.

Lostboy told The Sun newspaper’s Bizarre column: ‘We wrote Padam in February 2022 and there were maybe four or five months of us sitting on it, then I sent it to their label, and someone suggested to me, ‘Kylie would kill this.”

Sharing a snap of herself with a cake featuring the words ‘That’s a wrap!’, Rita gushed after her final gig: ‘LA wowwww what a way to end this incredible tour’

She also thanked her pal Kylie for allowing her to join the tour as a special guest, adding: ‘Thank you for having me @kylieminogue and good luck with the rest of your tour! ❤️’

Ahead of her final performance, the Poison hitmaker posed up a storm backstage in a chic silver satin lace-up corset and a sheer floor-length skirt

She further accessorised her look with a chunky silver statement necklace, matching arm cuffs, and drop earrings as she struck a pose for the camera

He added: ‘They were unsure and there was a moment when Rita was going to cut it and it was worming around a few artists on that label.

‘They were trying to make it work but they didn’t think it was for Kylie.’ 

Kylie’s Tension Tour will conclude on August 26. She will then head to New York for two shows at Madison Square Garden before stopping for one show at Capital One Arena in Washington, D.C.

The star is the highest-selling Australian female artist of all time and the third best-selling in the UK, but has only now begun to make a name for herself in the US following the success of her viral 2023 hit Padam Padam.

In the past Kylie has claimed her failure to catch on stateside didn’t phase her and she enjoyed her anonymity there. However, her record label revealed in 2023 that the singer now has her eyes firmly set on cracking the US market. 

Padam Padam and follow-up album Tension helped turn her fortunes around in America and landed her a Grammy, a second number one on the US Billboard’s Top Dance/Electronic Albums chart and a Las Vegas residency before she was tapped to join Netflix show, The Residence. 

In her return to acting Kylie, who first found fame in Aussie soap Neighbours, plays a heightened and foul-mouthed version of herself in the screwball murder mystery set in the White House.  

Speaking about her lack of success stateside Kylie said in 2022 she had ‘resigned myself to the fact that America wouldn’t be like the rest of the world for me. I’m anonymous there — which, I must confess, I kind of like.’ 

She also shared several stunning snaps of herself on stage, where she could be seen belting out some of her best hits 

Later in the day, the beauty slipped into her racy catsuit which featured a corseted bodice and several cut-outs at the leg

Posing up a storm in a lavish bathroom, Rita further accessorised her look with a statement silver choker necklace and wore a bold swipe of red lipstick

As well as telling The Express in 2009: ‘It doesn’t frustrate me [not cracking America]. It’s frustrating being asked about it and the ᴀssumption that it’s something really missing in my career and in my life.’ 

‘It just so happens that I live in London and my time is spent more throughout Europe and then there’s the Asian connection through Australia but the U.S.A. has remained at arm’s length.’

The Residence, from Bridgerton boss Shonda Rhimes, also stars Orange Is The New Black’s Uzo Aduba and Marvel’s Randall Park.

Fans were obsessed with Kylie’s cameo and many branded her the star of the show, as they wrote on X, formerly Twitter: ‘I’ll see this because of Kylie!  

‘THE only reason to watch is Kylie Minogue,’; ‘We need to get kylie minogue an emmy for the residence,’; 

‘I LOVE Kylie Minogue! I’m happy to see her in anything! She is the OG!’; ‘Kylie on her way to EGOT,’;

‘One of the best parts of #TheResidence is seeing Kylie Minogue in the actual show. Like I was not expecting her to be in the episode… BUT she was actually there! Shonda Rhimes got budget!!!’;

‘My favourite part of The Residence on Netflix so far is that Kylie Minogue is a central plot point,’;

Rita was supporting Kylie for the first leg of her tour after she previously revealed that Kylie’s 2023 mega-hit from ‘Tension’, ‘Padam Padam’, was nearly given to her

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‘Top three best parts about The Residence was seeing Kylie Minogue again.’

While discussing her plans to crack America Jamie Nelson, SVP of U.K. Recordings at Minogue’s label BMG, confirmed to Variety in 2023 that the label was always ‘confident’ Padam Padam would do well, but admitted that the song’s success has exceeded their expectations.

‘It’s now flipping into an area that’s unprecedented, not just for her, but for a lot of projects that have got so much history,’ he said, crediting TikTok and social media for the song’s viral success.

‘There’s a lot of heat and excitement about the record in America and we’ll continue to constantly build that story,’ he added.

Kylie addressed her chart comeback on social media recently, thanking fans for their support.

‘It has been an incredible week topped off by being my birthday today and I can’t thank you enough. My heart is bursting with joy so thank you so so much,’ she gushed.

‘What an incredible, another wild turn in my life and my career. Thank you so much for all of your love and support, everyone who has got onto Padam Padam and made this possible for me. I love you, thank you so so much.’

Amid its success, Kylie announced she would be following in the footsteps of an illustrious list of stars such as Cher, Celine Dion, Adele and Britney Spears, and taking on a Vegas residency. 

Kylie is the highest-selling Australian female artist of all time and the third best-selling in the UK, but has only now begun to make a name for herself in the US following the success of her viral 2023 hit Padam Padam (pictured)

In the past Kylie has claimed her failure to catch on stateside didn’t phase her and she enjoyed her anonymity there. However, her record label revealed in 2023 that the singer now has her eyes firmly set on cracking the US market (pictured in February)

Kylie took Sin City by storm when she began in November 2023 but wrapped up her epic residency on May 4 after an impressive 20 shows.

At the final show, she addressed the audience, saying: ‘This is the end… for this moment. I love you so much – I cannot wait to see you again.’

An insider earlier told The Sun newspaper that Kylie so impressed Michael Gruber, the boss of the Vegas venue, that he offered her a ‘residency for life.’

‘Michael absolutely loves Kylie and doesn’t want to lose her. It is the first ‘residency for life,’ where you come and go based on your schedule that has been put on the table in Vegas,’ the insider dished.

‘Usually venues want to lock someone in for a fixed period or have exclusivity when it comes to live shows,’ they continued.

‘But when it comes to Kylie, Michael knows he is on to something Golden and he’s put the offer on the table for Kylie to consider.’

The pop princess went on to describe her newfound success in the United States with her residency, тιтled More Than Just a Residency, as ‘a big win for longevity’. 

Kylie’s UK Tension Tour Dates 2025

.May 16 – OVO Hydro, Glasgow

.May 17 – Utilita Arena, Newcastle

.May 19 – AO Arena, Manchester

.May 20 – AO Arena, Manchester

.May 22 – M&S Bank Arena, Liverpool

.May 23 – Utilita Arena, Sheffield

.May 26 – The O2, London

.May 27 – The O2, London

.May 30 – Motorpoint Arena, Nottingham

.May 31 – Birmingham, bp pulse LIVE

.June 2 – The O2, London